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Shooting the Messenger

online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Tag: WordPress

  • Error 451

    WordPress censors critical blog post about Armenian Olympic Committee President and rumoured Sochi crime lord Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan following complaint from Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor In October, Russia’s state media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it censor a critical blog post about Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia and…

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  • WordPress Yields to Putin

    WORDPRESS CENSORS PUTIN-HITLER MOCK PHOTO on request of Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor. UPDATE, November 26, 2024: Automattic has rejected a demand from Roskomnadzor to censor this post. A couple of months ago, Russia’s state media regulator Roskomnadzor sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it remove a doctored photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin dressed as…

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  • Erdoğan: Turkey’s Trump?

    Highly regarded Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe weighs in on my blog post re: WordPress geo-block of Turkish political blog following complaint by Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Last week, I blogged about a Turkish political blog which was geo-blocked by WordPress following a complaint from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The complaint, in the form of a…

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  • Erdoğan Strikes Again

    WordPress geo-blocks Turkish political blog that posted cartoons by internationally renowned satirical cartoonists following court order from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Last month, İstanbul lawyer Ahmet Özel filed a complaint with WordPress on behalf of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The complaint, in the form of a court order, requested that WordPress restrict access to a Turkish…

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